A few years ago, I sat with a group of entrepreneurs in the living room of a cute little condo in Whitefish, Montana. My role was facilitating conversations about their obstacles and opportunities as business owners. It was a group of super successful folks, some on...
When Simone Biles pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics, she cited a case of the "twisties." Like most Americans, I had to look that up. Turns out, the "twisties" is the term gymnasts use to describe the feeling of losing the mind-body connection that allows them to...
I’ve been nursing a nagging pain in my butt for the last year or so. Literally. The tendon at the top of my right hamstring is worn out and inflamed—and it manifests as a giant pain in my butt. I’ve been focused on lower-impact exercise all this year, but it never...
The quest for greater productivity is one of internet culture's longest-lasting and most influence trends. “Life hacks” teach us how to shave a few seconds off of common tasks so we can fit more work into our days. Even my daughter became enamored with life hacks...
It seems like summer is the perfect time to reexamine and re-establish your boundaries as a business owner or freelancer. And maybe, like me, you're even exercising some additional boundaries to be able to go into full-on summer slow-down mode. I know it's been a hot...
I've heard a lot of horror stories about working with people over the last 12 years. Stories about virtual assistants. Stories about web designers. Stories about social media managers, copywriters, and coaches. I've also heard plenty of horror stories about clients....
Entrepreneurship sure can be lonely. We put a lot of pressure on ourselves to go it alone, figure it out ourselves, and generally handle it. Getting help—whether that looks like building a team, plugging into a support community, or partnering up with someone...
There’s a difference between being busy—and being squeezed. Neither is very pleasant. Nor are they sustainable. But one—busy—is a state that you’re moving through on the path to greater sustainability. And the other—squeezed—is the end result of the structures,...
2020 has been a year of reacting. We’ve reacted to the shock to our economies. We’ve reacted to injustice. We’ve reacted to the fear of getting sick (or spreading sickness to others). We’ve reacted to lost contracts and unexpected surges in demand. We’ve reacted to...
Photo by Grovemade on Unsplash One of the top questions I get every year is: How do I make a plan I can stick to? Everyone wants to know a magical formula for choosing goals and making plans that they can glue themselves to for a month, a quarter, or a year. After...
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